<keySig>

(key signature) – Written key signature.
2.2.1 Score and Part Content, 2.2.4.1 Key Signatures and Clefs, 3.6.3 Key, Tempo, and Meter, 4.2.2 Defining Score Parameters for CMN, 7.2.2 Special Case: 'Notehead' Notation
Module
MEI.shared
Attributes
@accid, @cancelaccid, @class, @color, @copyof, @corresp, @facs, @follows, @label, @meiversion, @mode, @n, @next, @pname, @precedes, @prev, @resp, @sameas, @sig, @synch, @type, @visible, @xml:base, @xml:id
@accid(optional)Contains an accidental for the tonic key, if one is required, e.g., if @pname equals c and @accid equals s, then a tonic of C# is indicated.
<keySig>att.keySig.anl@accid
@cancelaccid(optional)Determines where cautionary accidentals should be displayed at a key change.
<keySig>att.keySig.vis@cancelaccid
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute.
<keySig>att.commonatt.typedatt.classed@class
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation.
<keySig>att.keySig.visatt.color@color
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
<keySig>att.commonatt.linking@copyof
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion.
<keySig>att.commonatt.linking@corresp
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element.
<keySig>att.facsimile@facs
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element.
<keySig>att.commonatt.linking@follows
@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content.
<keySig>att.commonatt.labelled@label
@meiversion(recommended)Specifies a generic MEI version label. Allowed values are: "6.0-dev" (Version of MEI), "6.0-dev+anyStart" (Version of MEI All AnyStart customization)
<keySig>att.commonatt.basicatt.meiVersion@meiversion
@mode(optional)Indicates major, minor, or other tonality.
<keySig>att.keySig.anl@mode
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
<keySig>att.commonatt.nNumberLike@n
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
<keySig>att.commonatt.linking@next
@pname(optional)Contains a written pitch name.
<keySig>att.keySig.anlatt.pitch@pname
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element.
<keySig>att.commonatt.linking@precedes
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
<keySig>att.commonatt.linking@prev
@resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header.
<keySig>att.commonatt.responsibility@resp
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element.
<keySig>att.commonatt.linking@sameas
@sig(optional)Written key signature.
<keySig>att.keySig.log@sig
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
<keySig>att.commonatt.linking@synch
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
<keySig>att.commonatt.typed@type
@visible(optional)Indicates if a feature should be rendered when the notation is presented graphically or sounded when it is presented in an aural form.
<keySig>att.keySig.visatt.visibility@visible
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references.
<keySig>att.commonatt.basic@xml:base
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
<keySig>att.commonatt.basicatt.id@xml:id
(MEI.shared) Attributes common to many elements.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that form the basis of the att.common class.
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that uniquely identify an element.
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that record the version of MEI in use.
@meiversion(recommended)Specifies a generic MEI version label. Allowed values are: "6.0-dev" (Version of MEI), "6.0-dev+anyStart" (Version of MEI All AnyStart customization)
(MEI.shared)
@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that specify element-to-element relationships.
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion.
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element.
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element.
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element.
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
(MEI.shared) Attributes used to supply a number-like designation for an element.
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
(MEI.shared) Attributes capturing information regarding responsibility for some aspect of the text's creation, transcription, editing, or encoding.
@resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header.
(MEI.shared) Attributes which can be used to classify features.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
(MEI.shared) Attributes which can be used to classify features.
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute.
(MEI.facsimile) Attributes that associate a feature corresponding with all or part of an image.
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element.
(MEI.analytical) Analytical domain attributes.
@accid(optional)Contains an accidental for the tonic key, if one is required, e.g., if @pname equals c and @accid equals s, then a tonic of C# is indicated.
@mode(optional)Indicates major, minor, or other tonality.
(MEI.shared) Attributes that record written pitch name.
@pname(optional)Contains a written pitch name.
(MEI.gestural) Gestural domain attributes.
(MEI.shared) Logical domain attributes.
@sig(optional)Written key signature.
(MEI.visual) Visual domain attributes.
@cancelaccid(optional)Determines where cautionary accidentals should be displayed at a key change.
(MEI.shared) Visual color attributes.
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation.
(MEI.shared) Attributes describing whether a feature should be displayed.
@visible(optional)Indicates if a feature should be rendered when the notation is presented graphically or sounded when it is presented in an aural form.
@accid(optional)Contains an accidental for the tonic key, if one is required, e.g., if @pname equals c and @accid equals s, then a tonic of C# is indicated.
@mode(optional)Indicates major, minor, or other tonality.
@facs(optional)Points to one or more images, portions of an image, or surfaces which correspond to the current element.
@class(optional)Contains one or more URIs which denote classification terms that apply to the entity bearing this attribute.
@color(optional)Used to indicate visual appearance. Do not confuse this with the musical term 'color' as used in pre-CMN notation.
@copyof(optional)Points to an element of which the current element is a copy.
@corresp(optional)Used to point to other elements that correspond to this one in a generic fashion.
@follows(optional)points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be predecessors of the current element.
@label(optional)Captures text to be used to generate a label for the element to which it’s attached, a "tool tip" or prefatory text, for example. Should not be used to record document content.
@meiversion(recommended)Specifies a generic MEI version label. Allowed values are: "6.0-dev" (Version of MEI), "6.0-dev+anyStart" (Version of MEI All AnyStart customization)
@n(optional)Provides a number-like designation that indicates an element’s position in a sequence of similar elements. May not contain space characters.
@next(optional)Used to point to the next event(s) in a user-defined collection.
@pname(optional)Contains a written pitch name.
@precedes(optional)Points to one or more events in a user-defined collection that are known to be successors of the current element.
@prev(optional)Points to the previous event(s) in a user-defined collection.
@resp(optional)Indicates the agent(s) responsible for some aspect of the text’s transcription, editing, or encoding. Its value must point to one or more identifiers declared in the document header.
@sameas(optional)Points to an element that is the same as the current element but is not a literal copy of the current element.
@sig(optional)Written key signature.
@synch(optional)Points to elements that are synchronous with the current element.
@type(optional)Designation which characterizes the element in some sense, using any convenient classification scheme or typology that employs single-token labels.
@visible(optional)Indicates if a feature should be rendered when the notation is presented graphically or sounded when it is presented in an aural form.
@xml:base(optional)Provides a base URI reference with which applications can resolve relative URI references into absolute URI references.
@xml:id(optional)Regularizes the naming of an element and thus facilitates building links between it and other resources. Each id attribute within a document must have a unique value.
@cancelaccid(optional)Determines where cautionary accidentals should be displayed at a key change.
Member of
model.keySigLikeGroups elements that have the same function as a key signature.
Contained By
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that have the same function as a key signature.
<scoreDef>Container for score meta-information.
(MEI.shared) Groups event elements that occur in all notational repertoires.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<ligature>A mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.
<tuplet>A group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values, for example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.
(MEI.shared) Groups notated events that may appear at the layer level in all repertoires.
<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that may appear in the declaration of staff features.
<staffDef>Container for staff meta-information.
<beam>A container for a series of explicitly beamed events that begins and ends entirely within a measure.
<graceGrp>A container for a sequence of grace notes.
<oLayer>A layer that contains an alternative to material in another layer.
<tuplet>A group of notes with "irregular" (sometimes called "irrational") rhythmic values, for example, three notes in the time normally occupied by two or nine in the time of five.
<lem>Contains the lemma, or base text, of a textual variation.
<rdg>Contains a single reading within a textual variation.
<abbr>A generic element for 1) a shortened form of a word, including an acronym or 2) a shorthand notation.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<expan>Contains the expansion of an abbreviation.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
<ligature>A mensural notation symbol that combines two or more notes into a single sign.
<layer>An independent stream of events on a staff.
<scoreDef>Container for score meta-information.
<staffDef>Container for staff meta-information.
May Contain
(MEI.edittrans) Groups elements used for editorial transcription of pre-existing source materials.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<gap>Indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part of sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
<handShift>Marks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe, writing style, ink or character of the document hand.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
(MEI.shared) Groups elements that represent accidentals in a key signature.
<keyAccid>Accidental in a key signature.
<add>Marks an addition to the text.
<corr>Contains the correct form of an apparent erroneous passage.
<damage>Contains an area of damage to the physical medium.
<del>Contains information deleted, marked as deleted, or otherwise indicated as superfluous or spurious in the copy text by an author, scribe, annotator, or corrector.
<gap>Indicates a point where material has been omitted in a transcription, whether as part of sampling practice or for editorial reasons described in the MEI header.
<handShift>Marks the beginning of a passage written in a new hand, or of a change in the scribe, writing style, ink or character of the document hand.
<orig>Contains material which is marked as following the original, rather than being normalized or corrected.
<reg>Contains material which has been regularized or normalized in some sense.
<restore>Indicates restoration of material to an earlier state by cancellation of an editorial or authorial marking or instruction.
<sic>Contains apparently incorrect or inaccurate material.
<supplied>Contains material supplied by the transcriber or editor for any reason.
<unclear>Contains material that cannot be transcribed with certainty because it is illegible or inaudible in the source.
<keyAccid>Accidental in a key signature.
Constraints

If the @oct attribute appears on any keyAccid element, it must be provided on all keyAccid elements.
Only keyAccid elements are allowed here.

Declaration
<elementSpec xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" rend="add" ident="keySig" module="MEI.shared">
<gloss xml:lang="en">key signature</gloss>
<desc xml:lang="en">Written key signature.</desc>
<classes>
<memberOf key="att.common"/>
<memberOf key="att.facsimile"/>
<memberOf key="att.keySig.anl"/>
<memberOf key="att.keySig.ges"/>
<memberOf key="att.keySig.log"/>
<memberOf key="att.keySig.vis"/>
<memberOf key="model.keySigLike"/>
</classes>
<content>
<alternate minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<classRef key="model.keyAccidLike"/>
<classRef key="model.transcriptionLike"/>
</alternate>
</content>
<constraintSpec ident="check_keyAccid_oct" scheme="schematron">
<constraint>
<sch:rule context="mei:keySig[mei:keyAccid[@oct]]">
<sch:assert test="count(mei:keyAccid[@oct]) = count(mei:keyAccid)">If the @oct attribute appears on any keyAccid element, it must be provided on all keyAccid elements.</sch:assert>
</sch:rule>
</constraint>
</constraintSpec>
<constraintSpec ident="check_keySig_editorial" scheme="schematron">
<constraint>
<sch:rule context="mei:keySig/mei:*[local-name() eq 'add' or local-name() eq 'corr' or local-name() eq 'damage' or local-name() eq 'del' or local-name() eq 'orig' or local-name() eq 'reg' or local-name() eq 'restore' or local-name() eq 'sic' or local-name() eq 'supplied' or local-name() eq 'unclear']">
<sch:assert test="count(mei:keyAccid) = count(mei:*)">Only keyAccid elements are allowed here.</sch:assert>
</sch:rule>
</constraint>
</constraintSpec>
</elementSpec>
MEI Version: 6.0-dev+anyStart(#021ede6)